#that'll be the achievement tag

[vampire-nyx]

I do think there is a very real issue and a conversation that needs to be had about this phenomena in disabled spaces where things quickly become disabled people with physical disabilities vs disabled people without physical disabilities (but even that isn't quite right, since that concept almost immediately always becomes visibly physically disabled people vs invisibly disabled people, physicality being irrelevant for the latter group)

[clown-femme]

at the risk of sounding 2008 lolrandom i would commit a felony for a taco rn.

[korattata]

If anyone wants a shiny drifloon let me know! because i have uh!

14 of them now.

[drama-glob]

I absolutely cannot believe that I have hit this milestone and I am eternally grateful for everyone that decided what I created, shared or thought was worth their time! ^_^<3<3<3 I'll do everything I can to keep my blog alive and to keep doing what I love in hopes that'll brighten your day as well! It' been wonderful getting to have that engagement and support from all of you! ^_^<3<3<3

So, thank you so so much to @charsawdeath @enbydemirainbowbigfoot @pastaprincess @my-dark-lord @itz-darktrax

@tranquil-slaughterhouse @multimonorail @lagomorphlady @betlegast @meandtheyeehaws

@cringebun @caspira-writes-fanfiction @xfangheartx @nothoughtsjust-vibes @a-little-ray-of-fantasy

@freedom-barricades-bighero16 @nek0taku42 @nemshish @sputnstuff @timkontheunsure

@bloodmoon24 @arabesqueangel @themagicwolf6677 @angelshizuka @nirrray

@moltsu-1123 @checkeredpattern @tiktokattic @simplybigheroencanto @phoenixlionme

@knightinink @hideawayfairy and to the hundreds and hundreds of other people who I didn't tag here (so I'm sorry if you weren't tagged), but you are all still important to me and are the reason I can celebrate this achievement! ^_^<3<3<3

[tazvene]

Void State Hypnosis?

Hello everyone! I'm thinking about creating a hypnosis file for achieving the void state. I've been delving into hypnosis and found that I'm quite skilled at it. Since the main goal of most hypnosis is to reprogram, and many here seem unable to enter the void state due to their programming against it, I thought using hypnosis could be an interesting way to reverse that and reshape your core assumptions about the void to make it easier for you to genuinely believe and thus effortlessly enter the void. :)

If I go ahead with this, I'll post it, as well as share the script publicly to ensure safety for anyone interested.

So, does this idea interest anyone here? If yes, comment and I'll tag you when I release it

OR you can subscribe and turn on notifications, and that'll notify you anyway

Much love - Tazvene

[preciouslandmermaid]

quiet fury in your head [xi]

Dream of the Endless x AFAB!Reader!Goddess / Sandman Fanfiction

Note: This one took me so long to write and i don't love it LMAO but next chapter is gonna be like pure smut-no-plot so...that'll be fun. The fic only has TWO MORE CHAPTERS until it's complete that's crazy lmao tagging @sapphireonline cuz they asked so nicely to be tagged :). Also, my fics on ao3 are for registered users only due to AI scraping.

No use of Y/N. See part 1 for all the tags tbh.

Warnings: none

Rating: 18+

(Read on AO3)    ||   (masterpost for other chapters)  

While standing on the shining, white salt flats, The Gates of Horn and Ivory open for you and the Dreaming cautiously welcomes you.

It’s emptier than you recalled (or perhaps the Dreaming creatures are hiding from you). You allow yourself the pleasure of viewing the Dreaming for the first time without anxiety and without fear. You glide your fingertips across a cobblestone bridge, and the clear, inviting bubbling brook beneath reflects an uneasy, shifting portrait of heartbreak and exhaustion. It takes a moment to realize the reflection is your own. You push away from the bridge, dusting residue from your palms, and trek deeper into the Dreaming.

A swarm of blue, shimmering butterflies fly past – their wings glow beneath rays of sunlight and faint glimmers of light trail in their wake. You lift your hands in greeting, hopeful that one might land upon your palm, but they merely dance through your fingertips with glittery wings before vanishing into the air. These creations radiated with such gentleness and care.

Morpheus’ absence is a thorn beneath your nail. You wrestle your difficult emotions into subservient silence. Your desire for him will achieve nothing and accomplish nothing. The prideful King has made his choice. He chose a glass orb prison in an amateur’s basement rather than to be with you and fulfill a centuries-old promise to reunite.

The landscape deepens to rich burgundy, dusky tan, and blooms beneath effervescent golden sunlight. The dry, warm air fills your nostrils and lungs. You stand on a plateau of flat, crimson rock. The sun remains in a perpetual state of dusk, painting the sky periwinkle, and pink, and streaking claws of orange. You crouch and lift fine, rusted sand and gravel into your palm. You hold it for a moment, sensing its warmth, feeling the essence of Dream’s magic before releasing it, and watching it swirl and twist on the wind.

A creature approaches you, timidly, and is burdened by a shell on its back—its face is weathered and gray. The skin around its neck is saggy and loose. A lantern swings on the tall, oak-sculpted stick it carries. It stands a few feet shorter than you, squat and bipedal, and watches you with beady and cautious eyes.

It bows its bald, speckled head. “I remember you,” it says in low, resonate timbre. “The Dreaming whispers your name, Lady Morrigan.” It speaks slowly with small ‘hmms’ between each word.

You think of the Corinthian. Do all the creatures assume you abandoned them? Is this creature yours? Did you create him? You hold no memories of creating anything inside the Dreaming. You only manipulated what already existed. Yet, you cannot ignore the fact that you may have forgotten something. Anything is possible in the life of a reborn God.

“Do they know I died?” You ask, “that I was unmade in the minds of Men? That I was forgotten? Erased?” You can’t help but spit that final word with contemptuous venom. The graciousness of forgiveness is a difficult lesson to learn.

The lantern swings when it starts to walk again. “The minds of Men may have forgotten. We did not.”

“Do you expect my gratitude?” you ask dryly.

Are you supposed to give this tortoise-creature a boon? That is what your devotees of old wanted. They had chanted, and sacrificed, and called you into their battlefields or into their beds. They begged for your blessing on all fours and you were fickle; You would kiss the brows of beloved warriors, or bite their hearts with a freezing, cold grip.

But you are no longer Nemain of the Sisters Three. You are simply The Morrigan, Queen of Nightmares, a forgotten monarch in the realm of Dreams. Your purpose slowly manifests before you. You promised Dream that you would return. If only he wasn’t so unreasonably stubborn, then he would’ve been next to you, with Roderick’s bones ground to dust beneath your heel. You desire for vengeance seizes like a vice around your throat. Roderick ought to be dead. The roots of his family tree torn asunder and fed to his funeral pyre.

The creature finally deigned to respond, “I expect nothing, my lady.”

Its black tongue licks its’ wrinkled, dry beak. You sense its’ desire to leave. The Dreaming flutters with this knowledge and cajoles you into trying to get it to stay. You fold your arms across your chest. It moves at a glacial pace, its’ lantern swinging, its’ clawed feet kicking up small plumes of reddish dust.

You say, “It will take you decades to reach where you’re going.”

“It is not about where I will be,” It says, “it is about the going.”

You shrug and allow the creature be.

*

You cannot effect anything within the Dreaming. Those powers remain locked inside a small ring that Dream used to wear on his pinkie finger. Aimless, you walk through the Dreaming, and you talk to Her inhabitants and in the words of a strange tortoise—you focus on ‘the going’, rather than the destination.

The castle doors groan when they open. From the outside, it seems as if nothing had changed, but the interior plumes with dusty motes and freckles of ancient, unraveling magic. Your fingertips trail against the dusty banister as you move through the arched hallways with new eyes and a wounded heart.

You don’t know this castle well. You never traversed it when you were confined to the Dreaming. Except for one place, of course. A place where an old friend might be found.

The scent of paper and leather fills your nostrils and Lucienne steps from the aisle of books as if she was expecting you.

“Lady,” she bows her head as she says it.

“Lucienne.” Her name is a feathery sigh from your throat. The sudden warmth that spreads through your chest is unexpected, but not unwelcome. Lucienne’s face hasn’t changed. Her inquisitive eyes peer at you from behind her rounded spectacles. Her full cheeks round when she smiles.

“I cannot express how good it is to see you,” she says, a book clutched to her chest. “The shelves knew of your return before I did.” She looks up, her expression icing into fraught sadness streaked with regret. The spine of a book trembles, like a frightened creature, before drops from the shelve and falls open to reveal its blank pages. Are all the stories gone?

“They are not all empty,” Lucienne says, as if reading your mind, and offers the book she’s holding to you. You read the etched, golden title. The Adventures Of...it reads before fading away onto the stiff leather. You flip through and discover an irregular layout of full chapters combined with blank sheets.

You ask, “What else remains?”

“Your room,” she says, returning the book to her hands and wearing it like a shield before her heart. “I did not go within, of course,” she adds quickly, “but I know it’s there.”

You knew it too. You lick your lips and silently leave the room without farewell. Lucienne doesn’t call after you, nor does she ask the questions you can see written across her face. There will be a time for questions later. Right now, you need to explore and confirm this reality – this land of broken Dreaming. A palace without a monarch. A graveyard without a keeper. A home without a hearth. The doorknob turns beneath your palm, welcoming you, as so many small pieces of the Dreaming tend to do.

A room you never slept in—except for when you were poisoned. A closet with clothes you never wore—except for your single black cloak. You step into the closet and quietly admire the craftsmanship of Dream’s meticulous touch. Your fingertips glide through gauzy starlight, twinkling in your palm. You lift your nose to floral fabrics and your stomach swoops at the scent of full spring dancing through your nostrils—lush, bright meadows, humming bumblebees, and the tickle of pollen at the back of your throat. The burning cold of frost, the viscous-ember of magma, the angry swell of a blue-gray sea; all of it is contained within your wardrobe.

Your jaw clenches. How can someone capable of such careful beauty be so stubborn and illogical? Why can’t he see that his realm need him? That his selfishness is causing harm? You clench your hand around fabric that is storm-cloud and heat-lightning.

A name drops into your mind. A name you had accidentally forgotten. You sweep yourself into the dress in swirls of gray-and-white color before you vanish from the Dreaming in a thunderclap.

*

Your toes sink into the damp, cold sand and the rainwater prickles onto your skin. The air hums with the brewing storm. Something in your veins – something powerful – ricochets down your spine.

“Dima!” you shout into the roiling, dark clouds above the ocean. “Morrigan, Goddess of Nightmares, calls upon you.”

The lightning flashes and strikes, erupting a piece of earth beside you, and sending hardened diamonds into the air as the budding rain commits to a roaring deluge. Dima is crouched in a three-point landing, her head bowed, kneeling and reverent at your feet. Your heart burns with joy.

“Rise,” you say while opening your palm to her. “I would meet your eyes as a friend.”

Her hand slides into yours and you meet her white-eyes with a smile aching your cheeks.

“You changed your name,” she says. You cannot tell if the water down her face is from the rain or her tears. In the end, it does not matter. You are happy to see her. She came when you called. She remembered you. That is all that matters.

“You remember me.”

“I am not as fickle as mortals.” Dima sniffs. “The sky, the stones, the water, and trees…” She gestures with both arms to the world. “We don’t forget.”

You say, “Neither do Endless.” It wasn’t only Dream’s devotion that re-made you and brought you back into the world as a Goddess. Dima, too, played her part in your revival. An Endless and the personification of Storms believe in a Goddess. What an odd following you have claimed. Dima looks away when you mention Morpheus.

“He lifted your banishment,” you whisper, and your words are clear despite the storm. “Didn’t he tell you?”

Dima folds her fist over her heart. “I could not go back without you.”

“Then come back with me now.” You offer her your hand once more.

Her smile is bright. “Is this a choice or an order, my Lady?”

You chuckle softly, shaking your head at the gall – the bravery – of her. You are the Queen of Nightmares and yet Dima does not flinch. Perhaps that’s because she knew you before your death. You don’t frighten her and you don’t want to. She was your first friend, after all.

“A choice, Dima.”

The rainfall starts to lessen. “Then I choose to accept.”

*

50 years later…

(1972)

This is your third time visiting Fawney Rig. The second had been a rushed visit after you felt Jessamy’s death. It had been like an arrow through your lungs. You brought yourself to the cellar and demanded Morpheus allow revenge—if not for him then for Jessamy.

You were bound to Corinthian’s promise to not harm Roderick. But, you could harm others. You could make them all suffer for their foolishness. You could make Roderick miserable. But, you wouldn’t do it without Morpheus’ blessing. He needed to balance the scales. He needed to owe you his life, or something close to it, so that you could truly be equals.

Yet, Morpheus did not speak to you.

That had been about fifty years ago—give or take. It was time to see if the Dream Lord’s stubbornness had finally eroded. The snowfall is light, though thick piles rest on the pine like bruises. You choose to feel the cold. You let it push through the weaves of your wool coat and prickle against your cheeks and nose.

You reach for the doorknob and your fingers freeze in mid-air, straining against an invisible force, before omniscience wraps itself around you. They’ve warded Fawney Rig from me, you think with a furrowed brow. It was Corinthian, of this you have no doubt.

“Cowardly little nightmare,” you mutter to yourself, though you are a little impressed. It’s been decades since you’ve seen Dream, yet Corinthian is afraid of you, and worried that you’ll find a way around the promise that was made. “Smart,” you concede, blinking snowflakes from your eyelashes, “but cowardly.”

You reach out to Dream through the ambiguous, void-space of one mind talking to another.

“I do not expect a reply, Lord of Dreams, but I’d like you to know that they’ve warded the mansion against me.” You pause walking the perimeter. “So, even if you wished for my help, I could not give it.”

The magic surrounding Fawney Rig is well-crafted, tailored, and not even your various shape-shifted forms can penetrate it. You circle towards the entrance.

“It’s snowing. The moon is full.” You don’t know if Dream can hear you, but it feels nice to try. He rejects all of your ritual daggers, but perhaps he will take this instead – insignificant details of the world that he loves from the Goddess he revived.

“I’ve always had a fondness for nights like these. The world is gray and white. The moon is like a silver coin in the sky.”

You crumple powdery snow between your fingers. “You know, the mountains were my favorite place in the Dreaming. They still are, if we’re being forthcoming about it. I’ve yet to visit them again. They remind me of...solitude and serenity, the clarity that comes from being a distance.”

You pull a novel from the inner lining of your coat. There are hours before the next shift change and you want to see if the guards perform any rituals during the transition. You are curious to discover if you can break these bonds.

The hours whittle away as you speak to Dream, mind-to-mind.

“I heard about Roderick’s death. It could’ve been crueler. Should have been.”

“I would’ve driven him mad, if it had been me. I would have plagued him with visions of his dead son until he freed you with broken, bloody hands.”

“I ran into your sibling, Desire. About…” You count the years in your head. “Thirteen years ago? I asked if they knew I’d die if I returned to the Heart Tree and they said they had their suspicions.” You scoff. “Which I believe means yes. You likely know them better than I, so draw your own conclusions.” You idly wave your hand as if brushing the story aside.

You disliked being set up as a pawn in an emotional chess game between ancient, cosmic entities. You had told Desire as much and were seething when you turned your heel and said, “Leave me out of it next time.”

You aren’t a pawn, anymore. You look after the Dreaming. You look after mortals—especially young, scared children, like that little girl with the dog—regardless of whether or not they provide offerings or prayers. You don’t like to get involved in their messy, dramatic, and short mortal lives, but you like to watch them. You like to see how the threads of fate unravel and twist unexpectedly.

In time, you know that ‘The Morrigan’ will eventually reach the collective consciousness, but you just don’t yet know what new stories they will tell.

“I’ll return when I can.” You rise to your feet from where you had been sitting in the snow.

“Why?” His voice scrapes through your mind like gravel. Your knees buckle and you catch yourself on the manor’s brick wall. The cold air bites through your lungs. You want to live inside the roughed caress of his voice. A sweeter sound never made, you think, as you try to calm your heart.

Your heart hums. “Nobody else listens half as well as you do.” You touch your forehead against the wall and the Ward stings your skin.

“Until next we meet, Morpheus.” The promise lingers in the air among the snowflakes.

[rin-and-jade]

I have a friend who is long-distance dating a system with extremely high dissociative barriers, to where they believe each alter is their own individual person. I am trying to help support my friend in the relationship since I have DID myself but I don't experience THAT high of barriers. So I can only really offer my experiences, and what I have researched.

But to get to the question.. The host is sex-repulsed asexual but there's an alter who is hypersexual. Apparently, this alter has been sexual with people or a person idk full details. Long story short, the host said they can't promise that it won't happen again since they're their own individual people. My friend went to reddit and most people on the post said it was cheating, which I kind of agree.

I am unsure of how to support my friend in this. I don't believe S (the host) is seeking support for their DID and with how high their dissociative barriers are, it seems like system accountability is harder to accept.

Is there any information I could share with my friend?? Or any way I can support them differently??

Well, im not in the right position to say wether you should leave or stay. I do would love to point out that not taking accountability for their own alters is an instant red flag, or atleast, something i personally would not like to be faced with a person who doesn't want to hear or resolve an issue.

But i'll give you options:

Instead of confronting the hosts, do so instead to the hypersexual alter and have a respectful and non-authoritive stance in your conversation to get the answer you truly needed that'll decide your final choice.

Use my #jeducates and #jsaid tag archive to provide a lot of resources, self curated and science-based educational posts which is also based off from my own past system experiences + other system friends who made it possible. See how your friend can improve, if you do not see any results, confront.

Trust your gut. Your intuition. Only you know what kind of life, relationship, or career that you want to pursue. And that means, there is no right or wrong choices, just the good or the rude ways to achieve those outcomes.

Im here if you need extra support man.

Edit: check reblog because a friend of mine gave further input

- c

[thatdebaterguy]

I am Isrseli. About a month after the 7th, I think I began using a tag "Free Palestine Movement is a Death Cult".

Very early on I think I pinpointed a few very concerning characteristics of the movement: be is indoctrination, "do and don't do", the listingings upon listingings of "acts" that will brand touch as good and deserving". Came across one aimed specifically at minors that has elements of "authority/parents/teachers at school are not on your side". A very hard element of "saviors", absolute "baddy" vs absolute "goodie".

Who to dismiss and brand as guilty of hindering achievement of "the cause".

There is a very strong element of charity for a cause. And ao many other lines of cult like behavior that I am not sure I manage to pinpoint right now, but it's there.

But the most striking element, that really cements this, is that this is an unachievable cause by design. You can't "Free" Palestine. It has no strategy, no boundaries. It's not a goal. Not an achievable goal. It is such by design, for people to throw themselves at, to beat themselves about, to despair about, to throw away emotional labor, and money at, and to never achieve a thing.

It is deliberately tied to each and every possible so called humanitarian cause on the globe, derailing them. It is designed to cultivate a bedrock for recruitment, be it intentional or not.

It sicks in people, as far as I can see, that have a sense of purpose they have nowhere to ahhh go about. How do I even put it into words. Apart from the obvious bullies, I cab say for sure: people tgat are looking for a sense of purpose. That are lacking such on their lives, they are fractured in identity and belonging.

Wr have seen this before. We, Israeli, saw this before. The suicidal trajectory of the intifadas and the Jihad, they are cultivated atop ideologically infused mysery and despair. The more miserable the better. It works just tge same as any other cult.

And if in 2 years time tops, an acne riddles girl with pink hair blows herself up on a subway screaming "For Palestine" I would not be surprised.

This is genuinely a depressing reality with the way media works in the modern age, and it's a whole new way of pushing agenda and propaganda, and I'm sure in the future the methods used on social media will be studied because it's far different from any wars going on at this moment, or in history. One technique I've noticed is one that's taken straight from the playground, and it's like "if you don't like this, you can't play with us" and I've seen this predominantly in the LGBT community or certain fanbases, with posts like "You aren't queer if you don't support Palestine" and just immense social pressure to pick one side or the other, as if being neutral is social suicide. And I honestly have yet to see a post saying "You're anti-Semitic if you don't support Israel". I'm sure it exists somewhere honestly, but it's far more prominent for Palestine. Another thing that really pushes this idea is the complete lack of attention for various other wars going on or issues globally. Currently in Afghanistan, years of attempts to push some level of equality for women are being reversed in months, but I haven't heard anyone crying out for equality in Afghanistan. I've also seen no Palestine supporters in the west protesting against Egypt's blockades of aid to Gaza, and their refusal to accept any refugees, despite the fact Gazans were legally Egyptian until the 80s, making it seem like a complete u-turn from embracing Gazans as brothers and sisters, to ignoring their calls for action entirely.

As for your last comment, that's a scary thought. I somewhat doubt that'll happen unless Israel wins the war overwhelmingly and people stop talking about Palestine, cause while I know many of the supporters for Palestine, especially on tumblr, have some obsession with pushing Palestinian agenda constantly and making it part of their identity somehow, it's very similar to the people in America going "I hate America" but refusing to try make any actual good changes, refusing to even consider leaving the country, I feel like these Palestine supporters will hop on another trend when the war in Palestine grinds to a halt.

What's curious is how 99.9% of them have only joined in after this most recent war, despite the fact there were skirmishes just a few years ago so it isn't an age thing, people weren't too young to know what was going on when that previous conflict occurred, and I think it's generally because once again Hamas instigated it, hurling a few dozen rockets at apartment buildings in Tel Aviv, but when Hamas targets civilians and Israel doesn't retaliate strongly, no one seems to bat an eye. It's like once a movement starts spreading the way this one did, with a mob mentality and where 99% of the people in the movement have done little to no historical research on the conflict, it becomes a dangerous thing having so many people believing in something so much simply because of how many people they feel like they can relate to, have also supported this cause, rather than supporting it due to logic or reasoning.

The person I responded to before this is a prime example of the 1% who actually do research and are willing to hear out the other side in a civil discussion because they use logic rather than just believing mass media and being almost bullied into supporting Palestine. The sad thing is, the people who did research that support Palestine are very unlikely to call out the mass indoctrination of beliefs and agenda-pushing that's been done, because it benefits their cause, so they won't call out how immoral and disingenuous it is.

But yeah some people follow this thing like a cult, intermixing it with their personal lives. To me it's always been clear to have an obvious line between personal and political unless you're a politician, where you can use your personal life to benefit your political standing if used well, hence why I limit my posts about hobbies to very rarely, since tumblr is a social media after all. But the amount of obsessing over this conflict really seems to indicate a lack of previous meaning or purpose, lack of motivation, and desperation to feel included in something, from a psychological point of view, rather than forming opinions based on information. There is a few people who support Israel cause they don't wanna appear anti-Semitic, but from what I've analysed, it's much more in the minority when compared to Palestine supporters. As for the ones who actually do their research, thank you for not being brainwashed into a cause, and being logical. Even if we're on different sides, at least we can both say we used our brains rather than be bullied into believing something.

[cuephrase]

I cannot keep two words straight in my head smh. I meant the first wip and the third wip. No abandonment meant (though I would not be opposed to hearing about that one too 😅)

asjdfhjsd no worries haha!!

first wip/jigsaw: so although i personally enjoy jason being an anti-hero/being on (sort of?) better terms with the batfam i really like am so frustrated bummed that we don't really get to see how jason got there. however, i also think his current dynamic with the fam is very interesting bc idk, to me, it feels very delicate/fragile and like there's not a whole lot of trust? idk how to summarize all the nuance without giving you an essay you did not ask for, but basically, his current relationship with them is Complicated, yeah?

and i don't have a lot of interest in writing a fix-it/exploring a 'what if things had gone differently' scenario/trying to fill in that missing gap bc...idk. i just don't lmao. BUT!! a reconciliation fic still sounds like so much fun, bc like i like the idea of jason being part of the batfam right but like i don't want to erase all the drama from canon so BASICALLY-

tl;dr: i think jason's current relationship with the batfam is like a bone that broke but wasn't set properly so it needs to be re-broken to heal properly. so i want to start in a place where he's "comfortable" with them, then have him blow everything up. just stomp on all the eggshells. it would very much so be a Things Get Worse Before They Get Better type of reconciliation fic haha. i want it be messy and painful and full of missteps and misunderstandings- it would not be an 'X apologizes and magically everything is better' fic. (which is not shade to anyone who writes/enjoys those!!) i may also challenge myself to stick strictly in jason's pov to really lean into the Unreliable Narrator of it all.

this probably sounds like such a mess, omg *buries face in hands*

pretty bird: this one is a super dick-centric, kinda character study type fic somewhat focused on his sexual trauma, so mirage/catalina/liu, but also just kind of like exploring dick's relationship with himself and like...how he perceives himself? bc he is such a Performer, yk, and he is incredible at it. and he has all these close, meaningful relationships, but sometimes he can still feel so isolated to me in a way bc of how much he keeps to himself and idk i just really want to like get into his head.

also can't really articulate this one without an essay you didn't ask for haha, but it will be a very fun tonal challenge for myself bc i have a very specific vibe i want to achieve that'll require a very careful balancing act.

and then just for funsies, and bc it's also about dick haha,

abandonment: au (inspired by dan mora's black and white oneshot from batman: the brave and the bold) where bruce puts dick into foster care instead of keeping him, but they cross paths later when batman runs into dick and jason who are looking for their missing brother. at least a smidge of identity porn bc dick is willing to trust batman but won't trust bruce wayne. like i have this scene in my mind where batman offers to set the boys up with his friend bruce wayne and dick is like 'absolutely not' and batman is like ?? and then he realizes omg this is the kid i gave up omg.

just imagine dick trying to independently (with jason) try to hunt tim down with batman being like !!!! trying to assist but also not wanting to overstep and also trying not to get too attached (and failing) hehehe. complicated dick and bruce is just so fun, yk?

tysm for the ask, lily, (and for tagging me in this game to begin with!!), i hope you're having/had a beautiful day!!

[fireolin]

20 questions for fic writers

Thanks @decembercamiecherries for the tag! I loved your answers. You've written so much! My output is much smaller, but these questions look fun nonetheless :D

Putting this under a Read More because it's long.

How many works do you have on AO3?

9

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

278,482 (reckon I've written 3 times that but edited them out, plus than many again words in unpublished or draft fic)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Hunter x Hunter

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Kiss Me Better - reunion Killugon, Hunterverse Coming Home - reunion Killugon, Hunterverse The Wishing Hunt - current WIP, fantasy AU Fireworks on Whale Island - reunion Killugon Hunterverse Sea Torn Hearts - fantasy AU

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yes, I try to respond to comments! I really appreciate people dropping by on my fics and I want to thank them. Also over time it's been a great way to meet people in the fandom. I've made friendships that started with comments on each other's fics. It makes me feel like I'm part of a fandom community rather than just posting fic into the void.

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

None of my fics have angsty endings. Despite having written horror and dark endings in my non-fandom writing, so far within fandom I've written with the goal of a happy-ever-after ending for my favourite ship. 'The Sea Torn Hearts' ending could be sadder in a sense, though Killua and Gon are happy, only because of what was necessary for Killua to achieve freedom.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

They all end happily :DDD Happiest? Maybe my first fic, 'Kiss Me Better', because that's the purest, shippiest fic I've written, with the sole purpose of putting my heart back together after the anime.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not hate, no. Someone got mad at me for killing off a character even though I'd said in the tags in advance that that character would die. Recently I read someone's bookmark in another language that said that fic was boring and old-fashioned. I had to wonder why they bothered bookmarking it.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Yes, whatever kind I think will be most fun for the particular story. But I find it hard to write pwp, so the smut is usually part of longer work. I have one short smut fic that was published in a fandom zine that I should also put on Ao3, but I keep thinking I'd like to edit it again before I post. Then I think that'll take me away from my current fic where people are waiting on me to post chapters, so I work on that instead. I really should get around to posting the short one.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

No! I haven't written any crossovers although there's one draft fic (my Edwardian one if anyone remembers me mentioning it) that had scenes inspired by 'Maurice' (the 1987 movie version) in it - that ended up nothing like those scenes.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not an entire fic. Sadly a fandom friend took some of my writing from both one of my fics and some rps we'd done together, and put that in their fics. I saw it to my shock. It was paragraphs and sentences of my writing translated into their work. I talked to them about it, and they took the work down and also deactivated their accounts.

It was a real shame bc they were a decent writer with great ideas of their own who I think just felt insecure about their own words. When they'd asked, I'd given them some basic editing tips that most writers know, nothing magic. But they seemed to think that took genius they didn't believe they had. They were wrong. I wish they'd just persevered. They were a better writer than they thought and their work was fun.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? No.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Not a fic. I've worked in a group on some co-written chapter books for middle school readers, which were eventually published, but I decided that wasn't for me in the end. Co-writing fic would be very different, though.

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

Killugon (didn't see that coming)

15. What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

My Edwardian fic. The stupid part is that I wrote the draft right up to the climax, and had the rest planned. But then my chronic hand issues struck me down for the first time. I had to abandon it for a while. I could barely touch a keyboard without severe pain. After a long time and a lot of struggle I have my ability to type back, but in that period, I abandoned that fic. It's a shame because I really liked some of the ideas there. I'd love to rewrite it, but the draft is 95K already and I don't know how I'd find the time.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Based on comments, I think world-building. In a way, that's not surprising, because before I wrote fic, I was writing original science fiction and fantasy stories (just learning, only a few short stories published). So, I enjoy creating worlds and I deliberately aim to transport people as they read. My goal was to mesmerise my readers and I've worked on techniques to hopefully achieve that.

Other strengths… I don't know! Lol. Sometimes people say they enjoy the dialogue, sometimes they mention enjoying the characterisation. I guess it's all a matter of taste and opinion, but i'm always hoping to improve on everything.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I've always wanted to write something funny! I've tried to learn how to write comedy, but when I follow techniques for that, I feel like I often fail. So, when I do write something I think is funny, I lean into it, because I really want to learn how to do that better! With my current WIP, I've made a conscious effort to try to generate more humour. I'm hoping practice helps.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I'd try to find someone who spoke that language to write it for me (translate my effort) or to vet it. I've no objection to it in principle, if there's a good reason for including it.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Hunter x Hunter.

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

Whatever one I'm currently working on is always my favourite. So that's 'The Wishing Hunt'. For me, because I'm publishing as I write, because it grew from votes, that fic is still taking me on the journey and can still surprise me, even though I'm doing the writing.

Tagging: DC has already tagged everyone I'd tag! But I'll tag those I know again plus an extra: @xyliane, @cyberflamingo, @fireolin, @autumnxsunflower, @murderkitten666, @radiohahas

[unicolabsworld]

30.08.2023

I haven't been regularly updating my blog, and blame it to my poor time management. There's a saying that goes "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" and I wholeheartedly believe in that. Personally, I strongly dislike spending an entire day with books and only getting done 10% of the work and I did not change my learning pattern because I was kind of told all my life that if you study more, you will retain more, which in most of the cases is not true. I didn't know how to change this until I stumbled upon a video where Professor Lobdell explains precisely how to achieve a better balance and effective studying without spending long hours.

Let me take on this challenge where I maintain my study-work balance effectively. I know I won't be seeing mind - boggling results the day after but I want to improve.

If you want to join this challenge where you maintain your study-work balance too, don't forget to tag me with "#unicolab productivity challenge". That'll help us keep each other motivated.

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I don't want to flood your inbox and notes too much so I'll try to get a bunch of questions out in one ask.

1: do you plan on adding any new paintings with any of the mods(mainly naturality since that's the one that's coming out soonest and I've seen the most news about it so I'm the most interested in it)

2: do you plan on adding woodchucks?

2.5: if you do, will the woodchucks be able to chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood at your enemies?

3: will any of the mobs have unique breeding mechanics, or will they all be like vanilla mobs, where you just feed them certain items?

4: will any of the new mobs be rideable, and if so will they have their own version of horse armor?

5: will there be any new enchantments in this?

6: will there be any new potion effects, and if so, will you be able to turn any/all of them into actual potions or will they be like levitation, blindness, darkness, glowing, saturation, and probably a few others I can't think of in the moment?

7: how configurable will it me, both through gamerules and the actual config file?

8: how many achievements will this have, if any, and if there are, will they go in a new tab or a vanilla one?

9: will there be any new structures, biomes, and/or dimensions in this?

10: this one's actually about a specific mod, prehistorian. How will the dinosaurs be incorporated in this? Will they just spawn naturally, as if they never went extinct? Will they be in a new dimension? Will the player have to bring them back like Jurassic Park? If it's the last one, will players be able to combine DNA to make new dinosaurs?

11: once again about a specific mod, this time Mythos. What kind of mythology will you be doing? Will it be based on ancient religion in general, or just stuff that's more often referred to as mythology, like greek and norse?

12: why am I asking multiple questions and then giving them just one number?

13: why am I asking you questions about my thoughts?

yes, i do! prehist will have ones found in ruins, while natur will have some animal paintings + letters and notices for zoo-style builds

yea, and beavers. they can chuck wood

a lot of them do! some involve nests, some naturally lay eggs, some spontaneously spawn, and some are vanilla-style ( especially prehistorian, where many animals have to be fed to befriend them )

yes! quite a few mobs can be ridden, some bareback, some saddled. they'll also either use vanilla horse armor or have their own ( esp. in prehist- defeating a boss drops its armor )

yup! that'll be figured out a bit later, but they're planned

quite a few, and depending on what they are they'll actually be potions rather than effects. some mobs' breath can be bottled!

very! i plan to handle it like the in-game handbook- where the more technical stuff is handled thru config and the other stuff like egg hatching is handled in-game.

a TON. depending on the achievement they'll have their own tag, or just be lumped in w/ vanilla

yup! i plan to have quite a few new biomes especially.

it depends on the dinosaur! my more speculative animals + rare skins will be egg-hatch, but the majority will spawn naturally. in the End people can Jurassic-Park-style hybridize :)

anything that's, in the public conscience, considered "mythology", but mostly "real" mythological creatures such as the griffin, manticores.. etc

why am i answering multiple questions ( and then giving them one number )

why am i answering questions about your thoughts? /silly

[sjofn-lofnsdottr]

Ifrit

Some few years ago, there was some prompt month or another I did about half of. One of the prompts was 'primal' or something along those lines, and I knew what I had to do for the three main boys.

See, I do leveling roulette pretty often with my friends, especially when they're still sprouts, and they're often leveling something a bit on the baby side when they ask if I want to tag along. I've long since made peace with what this inevitably means, because I have been doing leveling roulette for four plus years now and I know what leveling roulette loves giving me more than anything else. It loves. LOVES. Giving me the baby Ifrit trial.

I wanted him to look cool, because no one loves FFXIV Ifrit. I mean, I do, but even that is ironic love, and barely counts. So I guess it was pity that made me want to make Ifrit look cool. This was my first attempt, and I wasn't thrilled. He's so far away! He's not the focus. That's a shame!

So I decided to actually start a fight with him, and see what hiding the UI did. I do that EVERY TIME I do the Ifrit trial, because I like posting pictures to prove I'm in the Bowl of Embers for the millionth billionth time. But those aren't meant to be arty, just more of a 'lol got this again' record. Could I make something cool?

Still kind of rough. Centered on Dusk's butt. But at least Ifrit (this is X-TREME Ifrit) looks pretty neat? ONE MORE TRY, then. You can go into gpose during a fight. Can't freeze Ifrit, but I can freeze ME. Maybe that'll turn into something!

This is busy as fuck, I can barely tell what Errol is doing, but I think this finally achieved what I wanted! Ifrit's all lit up and looking fighty, there's an Errol for scale, you can still see the eclipse in the back. I'm not sure I could do better. I might try one day, though.

[luckhissoul]

A VERY DESCRIPTIVE PROFILE OF YOUR MUSE. Repost with the information of your muse, including headcanons, etc. if you fail to achieve some of the facts, add some other of your own!

NAME: mat cauthon

NICKNAME: son of battles ? is that even -- and then there's a list of others he was called but we don't wanna unpack that trauma.

TITLE(S): prince of ravens , general of the light, general of the band of the red hand

AGE: 23 ( at the end of the series )

SPECIES: human

SEX: cis male

NATIONALITY: in actuality he's andoran. but if you ask him he's from emond's field. Like they didn't even pay taxes lol

INTERESTS: dancing, drinking, gambling, horses, explosives ( fml ), puzzles, stones, figuring out how things work, women?, and in a very reluctant and vague and full of hate sense war

PROFESSION: general

BODY TYPE: tall, a bit wiry

EYES: brown

HAIR: brown, curly, longish

SKIN: light complexion, slightly tanned

FACE: uhmmm his picture is up there so --

POSTURE: lax, he'll sit straight but more like he's lounging, boots up on something, a laziness to it

HEIGHT: 6' ft

VOICE: deep? idk he talks kind of fast

SIGNATURE OUTFIT: he's always got on some kind of expensive embroidered coat, a unlaced white shirt (cover your chest, mat, geez ) just a touch of lace at the collar and cuffs preferably (lol ), black trousers, leather boots that fold over, a black wide brimmed hat, a black silk scarf to cover his hanging scar :(, his fox head medallion necklace, his signet ring that has a fox with ravens on it, time line dependent he's got a leather patch on since he's missing an eye :(. his coat and boots have various knives tucked away in them.

SIGNIFICANT OTHER: married to the seanchan empress by the end of the series. she's kinda psycho lol

COMPANIONS: typically members of the red arms ( body guard type soldiers from the band ), the gleeman thom merriln, the thief catcher juilin sandar, and his adopted son olver

ANTAGONISTS: the dark one? dark friends? trollocs? tylin? the seanchan? some aes sedai ? ( he doesn’t like most them lolol )

STRENGTHS: loyal, clever, cunning, intelligent, empathetic, selfless, fun?, compassionate, witty, charismatic, strong, competitive, observant, thoughtful, brave, adaptable, reliable, resourceful, trustworthy, confident

WEAKNESSES: stubborn, greedy, grouchy, anger, self deprecating, impulsive, impatient, liar, manipulative ( but not in THAT sense if that makes sense ?? ), oversensitive, guilt, reckless, addictive, insecure, arrogant, insolent, rude, complaining lol

FRUITS: any, he'll take all the food tbh

DRINKS: punch, wine, anything that'll get him drunk lmao

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: oh uhmmm lol

SMOKES: yep hes like always smoking a pipe in the books lol

DRUGS: none

DRIVER'S LICENSE: yes!

tagged by: stolen

tagging: @caracarnn x @agoldenlily x @xradiant x @honorhearted x @lovepurposed x @godresembled x @indigodreames x @herbalwarlock x @cannotfly x @laviexenrose

[pumpkin-spike18]

✨Weekly Progress 2024 #22-23✨

#22 would've come out last week if I didn't forget my planner when I packed for traveling.

Weekly Progress #22

Updated tumblr tags

Thumbnailed, sketched, refined sketched, lined, and finished [fan project #2] illustration

Submitted forms for [fan projects]

Made work plans for P-M and SFB

Basic o2a2 outline

Fixed SYVNH bug

Generated sprite pieces for P-M and SFB

Fleshed out o2a2 outline

Weekly Progress #23

Coded P-M sprites

Updated itch page images

Made new BWBOK schedule

Copied P-M script into Renpy

Scripted P-M s1-s3

Answered BWBOK comments

Drafted [fan project] posts

Designed P-M GUI

Wrote 100+ words for SFB

A Sky of Falling Birds

As I mentioned before, SFB is my next big project, which I plan to submit for BAF VN Jam. That's... 7/1.

It's okay, I still got... 20 days.

There's a lot of work left to do and not much to show off at the moment.

Pre-Make

Or Pre 🕰 Make (P-M), I haven't completely decided on how to advertise the title yet. It's a "small" project that I came up with back in 2020 and still haven't finished. I thought I'd dedicate a few days' time to it and see how far I'd get. There's still a bit of work to do, but much of it is done.

The art's quite old and the story telling was the original test I did for SYVNH's looping mechanism so it won't be anything novel. The screenshot above is from this game. If he looks a little familiar, don't worry. That's not your imagination.

The Beauty Which Only Beast Knows

My other big focus for this month, we're hoping to finish it for Otome Jam... which also ends 7/1. I've a loose schedule for achieving that, but the team's health is the top priority so we're playing it by ear. It may take a little longer to finish up.

Other!

O2A2: Because I couldn't sit still!! I started planning for O2A2 2024! It'll be another entry into the kill series, but I hope to include some point and click elements to it. Last year I finished 9 VN projects, something I don't want to do again-- but!! I don't want to only finish one project this year!! I've been skipping and fomo-ing all the jams in the first half of the year. Well, no more! I'm going to get some work done this summer!!

Fan Projects: I don't think I need to keep my involvement in fan projects a secret anymore! I took part in the D. Gray Man 20th Anniversary Project, which we actually started work on late last year! I also took part in the Narumitsu Big Bang 2024 event, which... also started work late last year 🤔 Huh, I was really busy back then. Maybe that'll teach me to sign up for too many fan events... (😂 no ofc not!)

Misc: I finished some tedious updating work that I promised myself to do a while back. I'll admit I make my blog easiest for me to navigate, first and foremost. But if there's something that's bothering you, or have an idea to make navigation better, feel free to let me know through an ask! I also updated all of my itch io pages' images. They were originally linked from discord, which changed its policy and broke all direct image links. Thankfully, I had everything labeled in a private server so I could easily retrieve and reupload to update the pages. Yes, I should've done that long ago. And I'm sorry I just... didn't;;

[fairestar]

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hi! my name is luz, i use she/they pronouns. i created this blog —fairestar: fairest-star— as a means to delve deeper and study the law of assumption and to document my progress and achievements.

i will be posting and reblogging, in a way that'll help me in my journey to my desired life, functioning as a kind of diary, or a source for later reference. im still not well-versed in the theory, so i have a lot to learn and a, hopefully, kind and fulfilling path waiting for me.

yours truly, fairestar.

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